Same same / Peter Mendelsund.

The fiction debut from the LA Times bestselling author of What We See When We Read-- a novel of ideas set in a mysterious institute in the desert. In the shifting desert sands on the outskirts of a Middle Eastern city sits a mysterious Institute, where Fellows in every field of knowledge and endeavo...

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Main Author: Mendelsund, Peter (Author)
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Language:English
Published: New York : Vintage Books, a Division of Random House LLC, 2019.
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